Car-pedestal.



J W.- GIBNEY.

OAR PEDESTAL; APPLICATION TILED JAE. 20, 1908.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

UNTTED STATES PATENT FFTQE,

JAMES W. GIBNEY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO W. P. TAYLOR COMPANY,OF

BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

GAR-PEDESTAL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES W GIBNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improved Oar-Pedestal, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved car pedestal and journal box andthe object of the invention is to form the complementary supportingsurfaces of the pedestal and journal box so that they will be ofconsiderable extent and without abrupt corners and thereby equallydistribute the wear strain and prevent excessive wear at any point.

The invention also relates to certain details of construction all ofwhich will be iereinafter escribed and claimed reference being had tothe accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a front view of the improved pedestal with a car journal boxin position thereon. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is anenlarged transverse section through the improved pedestal and the carjournal box on line a a, Fig. 1.

In referring to the drawings in detail like numerals designate likeparts.

The pedestal consists of the horizontal top cross member 1 and twodepending vertical members 2 and 3. A rib or enlargement 4, extends fromeach of the inner corners of the members 2 and 3 and is provided with aninner surface 5 which is curved and formed without abrupt corners incross section. A car journal box 6 is adapted to be mounted or supportedbetween the vertical members 2 and 3 of the pedestal and is provided onits sides with vertical grooves 7 which are Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed January 20, 1908.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Serial No. 11,770.

complementary curved in crosssection to correspond with the curve of theribs or enlargements 4. Four of the ribs a are preferably employed twoon each member and a similar number of grooves 7, are formed in thejournal box, two on each side. The in ner surface 5 of the ribs and thesurface of the grooves may be chilled in casting to iarden the same. Theribs are made slightly smaller in cross section than the grooves topermit a little play to the journal box when the car is traveling.

The great advantage of this construction is that all sharp and abruptcorners are dispensed with and the wear is distributed equally over acurved surface. Further all wearing st ain is at a different angle ateach different point so that the tendency is to wear at all pointsinstead of at one point.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with a car pedestal having ajaw provided at its corner with a curved surface, of a journal boxmounted in said pedestal and having a groove of similar curve in crosssection. b

2. The combination with a car pedestal, composed of a top cross memberand two depending members having ribs at each inner corner, the innersurface of which is of curving cross section, of a journal box mountedbetween the depending members and having grooves in which the ribsextend; said grooves being of complementary curving cross section.

JAMES w. ensnnvo Witnesses:

L. M. SANGSTER, GEORGE A. NEUBAUER.

